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Magento 2 Mega menu

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If your Magento 2 store contains a wide range of products with many promotional deals to deliver, it gets a perfect chance to add a mega menu as it helps to organize and structure the store navigation in an intuitive and efficient way.

And this is where our UB Mega Menu -- Magento 2 mega menu extension -- comes in handy. Let’s dive in to see how the extension can give you an ideal solution for building your effective navigation system.

Effectively structuring horizontal and vertical menus for a large catalog

Magento 2 mega menu - Horizontal and Vertical menus

Easy to create both horizontal and vertical menus on the same page with UB Mega Menu

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Manage Magento 2 cache

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Magento 2 employs backend caching at many levels within the system -- File System (default), Database, Redis and Varnish, which is used to store web pages to speed up the load processes and improve your Magento 2 site performance.

In this post, we are going to introduce a couple of handy CLI (Command Line Interface) commands -- one of the simplest methods to manage your Magento 2 cache. We will also make a short overview of Magento 2’s default cache backend solution -- file system; the difference between cache:flush vs. cache:clean.

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Compile LESS to CSS

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Magento 2 utilizes the LESS preprocessor to simplify theming. This makes theme customization intuitive and promotes the writing of reusable and maintainable CSS codes through features like variables, mixins, and inline imports.

From standpoint of a frontend developer, LESS compilation (aka CSS preprocessing) is one of the most important part of M2’s static content deployment that you work most of the time on your Magento 2 custom projects.

To help you understand the context of this subject, this post will explain in brief about the LESS preprocessor for Magento 2, three types of LESS compilation. It also walks you through steps to compile LESS in server-side compilation mode for customizing your theme styles. Continue reading →

Interview Jim - Magento 2 Case study

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So you’re launching a new Magento 2 store. One of the first things you’ll need to decide is if you should start with a premade theme with some customizations or if you need a fully custom theme developed just for you. Obviously, there are certainly pros and cons to both.

We asked Jim Weston of the Cellar2door.com a couple of questions about his experience using premium UB Mago theme and how all that came with using a fully Magento 2 Open Source platform.

Magento 2 theme case study - UB Mago

The case study indicates that if there is an existing premade theme that suits your needs, you will ideally get the best of both worlds: a solid theme framework from a premium Magento development vendor that has great support, updatability, community, etc. and you will also get the custom elements you’re after too.

Read on to learn about all factors before you making your final choice.
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Magento 2 Product Types

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Setting up an excellent and economical online Magento 2 store requires considerably advanced preparation to decide which products will effectively bring out the best, as well as reach out and hook in as many consumers for a successful purchase with the most satisfying customer experience. Otherwise, the products would all just be laid out in confusing disorder and turn off potential customers. Moreover, the inventory will be an even bigger headache and higher pile of chaos on top of one another.

Understanding basically six distinct Magento 2 product types and knowing their unique and individual differences will be a huge help, not only easy for the customer to shop from, but also easy for the store owner manage and avoid unwanted annoyances of ecommerce inventory. Continue reading →

UB Theme Helper for Magento 2

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June 28, 2017 Update: Check out the first batch of our M2 themes packaged with UB Theme Helper:
-- UB MegaMall
-- UB Bookshop
-- UB Mago
-- Crafts 2.0

What is an easy and fast way to control over the look, content and functionality of your Magento 2 store?

That’s the reason we come up with UB Theme Helper -- a Magento 2 theme setting panel that sets you free from the basic theme customizing method: editing source files. You have full management over detailed basis via a friendly interface. It allows you to make small and large adjustments to every page in your chosen theme.

UB Theme Helper Introduction - Magento 2 theme customization

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UB SportsGear theme for Magento 2

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May 10, 2017 Update: UB SportsGear is fully compatible with Magento 2.1.6. Download here.

This is the very first week of 2017, we at Ubertheme wish you and yours good health, happiness and success and always. Happy New Year!

To kick start 2017, we are excited to introduce our 6th Magento 2 theme -- UB SportsGear. The theme’s based on flat design, bold typography and a well-tuned placement of of promotional blocks, imagery modules. We think it’ll help you stand out from other online shops.

Magento 2 theme - UB SportsGear

Even though UB SportsGear is best fit for a professional makeover for your sport apparel and equipment ecommerce sites, it is highly adaptable to various types of content, as long as the content comes along well with the energetic and sporty impression.

We took time to carefully apply all of Magento 2 core features with UB SportsGear iconic styles. Here comes a quick overview of UB SportsGear: Continue reading →

UB Kidsland

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Here comes our first premium Magento 2 theme for kids: UB Kidsland! Absolutely charming storefront and clean from the header to footer. If you start businesses in the Kids-cloths industry, or anything related to family and kids, from clothing, shoes, accessories, toys, and etc., UB Kidsland just knows how to focus on your products and messages. The simple design with colorful details will grab both kids and busy moms and dads’ attention.

UB Kidsland - Magento 2 Theme

UB Kidsland -- Responsive Magento 2 Theme for Kids stores

Since its launch in November 2015, we have seen a number of stores upgraded to the new Magento 2 platform, a few to name, like this and this. UB Kidsland will make your migration decisions easier and stress free. Continue reading →

UB Bookshop for Magento 2

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Jun 10, 2018 Update: UB Bookshop (1.0.4) is now available for download here. Fully compatible with Magento 2.2.5.

Are you opening a local bookstore? How to overcome the big impact from the behemoth like Amazon? Probably the best answer is to get your online bookstore up and running where you can server customers both on and offline, with the help of Magento 2 platform.

As many users have been using our Magento 1-based Bookshop theme successfully, we decided to make this theme available for Magento 2 too -- named UB Bookshop. Actually, this is a completely new theme dedicated for Magento 2.

UB Bookshop presents flexible block layout that helps you bring your Magento-based bookstore online with ease. It’s armed with Magento 2 extensions like UB Mega Menu, UB Content Slider, UB Quick View. You can quickly show off a wide range of product categories that you will need to launch a bookstore of your own, like books, ebooks & magazine, music, movies, toys and game etc.

Magento 2 theme for bookstore - UB Bookshop

UB Bookshop for Magento 2

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UB Mago theme

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July 25, 2018 Update: UB Mago is now fully compatible with the latest Magento 2.2.5
Dec 14, 2016 Update: UB Mago stable update. Fully compatible with the latest UB Mega Menu 1.0.4

I am glad to announce that the 3rd responsive Magento 2 Theme at Ubertheme -- UB Mago (beta) is on air today. It is well-suited for any fashion store, with the minimalistic yet clean and bright look and feel.

Magento 2 theme - UB Mago preview

UB Mago preview

Designed specifically for classy fashion store, UB Mago follows the simplicity design trend, with clean block layouts and the two major color schemes -- Black & White. It surely gives your fashion stores the high-class look it deserves.

By using the neutral background color, UB Mago works well against diverse color palettes from your products’ images. This simple design aspect is one of the most prominent ways to highlight your products and more important, influences how you can get your customers engaged in the products.

Thanks to our new Magento 2 extensions, UB Mago’s packed with the following feature sets: Continue reading →